TeddytheSpoon

This is super creative! Goes to show just how many parts this set actually has, too. I felt like it was never really obvious from the main build.

Nice model! It'd be tempting to call it simplistic, but after all, that's exactly what the design calls for, so you nailed it! How many pieces is it, out of interest?

*cries in TPM stan*

Perhaps I have a selective memory then - I read the canon books after having seen Thrawn in Rebels, and I can't remember anything jumping out as being contradictory. The Pryce framing thing seems very much on brand for her. I do agree with your last sentence though, even if they might have been aligned to begin with; I doubt Zahn would've followed this same thread for Thrawn post-Empire.

Hot take: it seems this way because he was a book character first and foremost. It's easier in relative terms to demonstrate depth and complexity in book form, as authors and narrators can basically tell us what a character is thinking. Additionally, you tend to spend more time with characters in books, so there's more time to explore things like morals. It's much harder to do that in film or even TV, as a) you don't have a direct link to a character's inner thoughts - you have to show it through dialogue and actions, and b) so much less time is spent with them. (It's why I prefer reading books to watching films or series!) I think they did a great job with Thrawn in Rebels, considering it's a kids' show. Ahsoka Thrawn was fine IMO.

Thanks. I can provide screenshots if you need them!

Along a simialr thread, on mobile a new ad banner has popped up at the top of the screen recently (last couple of weeks or so). But it's started to become more intrusive, to the point it takes up literally half the screen. I don't mind ads (gotta pay the bills, after all), but this one makes the site borderline unusable on mobile. Is there any setting that can be changed there?

I dunno, it seems like something they're doing a lot more frequently of late, including for smaller sets (although admittedly I only really notice the licensed ones). The 2025 Jurassic World, Star Wars and some Technic sets are up for pre-order now, for instance, and most of them only got officially revealed in the last week or so.

There might be some third-party companies that make stands like that - I know a few make minifigure stands, for instance, and I'm sure I've seen some with card backgrounds. Alternatively I think it wouldn't be too difficult to make a holder from bricks; either a frame similar to one of the current Christmas GWPs, or a thin gap between bricks or panels. Or there's the nuclear option of poking some holes in the card and holding it with Technic axles, like some LEGO minifigure GWP stands had!

Wow, I'm surprised how much of a difference moving the eyes makes. They look way better moved down that tiny bit.

For three missing ones from the initial list, I'd definitely throw Ventress in there, and I'd add Cody too for representation of my beloved 212th. Cad Bane would probably make sense as the last one just to have some bounty hunter representation. But Yularen could be a good pick too, if you can find him for a good price...

This isn't meant as a dig at you, but I couldn't help myself from writing 'well of course they look the same, they're clones, that's rather the point'. But in all seriousness I like the way the ARC-170 looks. Maybe the engines could've been bigger but I like the use of the ice skate. Am I right in thinking Oddball and Jag never flew together, at least in this ship? I'm not complaining if so as it's nice to get both figs at once, just curious.

Love @ARC2149Nova's Felucia idea - I actually think a microscale one would be better, you could really capture the foliage of the planet that way. Otherwise: Battle of Scarif (microscale, to get most of the beach and tower) Battle of Takodana Mustafar duel Fathier casino chase And I don't know how well space battles would work, but a microscale Battle of Coruscant would be cool. Maybe with some floating Separatist and Republic ships, a few tiny starfighters, and the light patterns of Coruscant on the base.

Yea, that's another thing I've noticed about TLG in general. Seems to me they've started being more like other big corps in that if it's not positive, the policy is to spin it or say nothing, rather than being honest. Which I agree is more disappointing. (For some reason the image that popped into my head is that 'nothing to see here' gif from the Naked Gun, only it's all LEGO and the caption is 'everything is awesome'...) To bring things marginally back on topic - the advent calendar appears to be part of the Black Friday sales, at least here in Europe, if anyone hasn't picked one up yet.

Thing is, I think designers often get wheeled out to answer questions like this that aren't entirely within their control to change. A lot of that Brickset interview - which was really interesting, and I'm glad they were afforded the opportunity at least! - did essentially seem to boil down to 'we don't have the budget'. With that being the number one constraint a set is given, there's not a huge amount they can do to change it once they've been told what it is. Particularly so once IP taxes are taken into account (which might just be me, but seems like these have got worse in the last few years, not just for Star Wars). All that being said - I agree that some of the answers were unsatisfactory at best.